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March 7, 2017

How To Fix: Virtual machine cannot start – The security ID structure is invalid (0x80070539)

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07March

When importing a virtual machine into my Hyper-V host I was having some difficulty starting the newly imported VM. After much research online I found the solution to this problem is the new Hyper-V host cannot import an invalid security structure which is part of the import of the virtual machine. To easily fix this error: Open PowerShell as Administrator. Run: Grant-VMConnectAccess -VMName...

March 1, 2017

Hyper-V Linux Integration Service on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

By Nick

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01March

If you are running a hyper-v server with an Ubuntu 16.04 guest, it is beneficial to install the Linux Integration Services (LIS). This is comparable to VMware tools which provides a connection between the host and the VM for proper reboots etc. To enable this on your guest operating system we need to edit the module files located in: nano /etc/initramfs-tools/modules Once you are in nano add the...

September 15, 2016

Installing NextCloud on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS with Apache2, Lets Encrypt, Redis and APCu

By Nick

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15September

NextCloud is an open source fork of ownCloud that has gone completely FOSS (Free and Open-Source Software), the significant difference being ownCloud is closed source with two pricing models, wheras NextCloud is open source. The NextCloud developers value their users. I recommend hosting this on a VPS with more than 100GB’s of storage or a dedicated server since the whole point of NextCloud...

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